| 1840-1845 | Stafford Brown |
| 1845-1848 | John Lowder |
| 1848-1856 | Boulton Brander |
| 1856-1871 | Henry Mordaunt Fletcher |
| 1871-1889 | William Henry Hitchcock |
| 1889-1925 | Alfred Lovell Scott |
| 1925-1931 | Francis Parker Crosse |
| 1931-1937 | Pendennis John Hayes |
| 1937-1945 | Basil C. D. Palmer |
| 1945-1949 | Lional Bell |
| 1950-1969 | Leslie W. G. Hudson |
| 1969-1976 | Christopher Brinkworth |
| 1976-1981 | Christopher J. F. Rutledge |
| 1981-1983 | John Howell |
| 1983-1989 | Selwyn Swift |
| 1990-2000 | J. Robin Cardwell |